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Published March 23rd, 2016
Bittersweet Chocolate French Macarons
Chocolate Macarons Photo Susie Iventosch

(Makes approximately 18 cookies)
Ingredients
1/2 cup almond flour (Bob's Red Mill packages this)
13/4 cup powdered sugar
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
3 egg whites
1/8 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. granulated sugar
Chocolate Filling
1/2 cup heavy cream
6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 Tbsp. Kahlua
2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silicon baking mat, or parchment paper. Do not grease.
You will need two mixing bowls. In the first, place the almond flour, powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Mix well. In the second bowl, place the three egg whites and salt. Beat on the high speed of the beater until soft peaks form. Add 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar, and continue to beat just until stiff peaks form. With a rubber spatula, fold dry mixture into egg whites until incorporated.
Place the batter into a pastry bag, fitted with a 1/4 plain tip. (You may need to do this in a couple of batches, depending upon the size of the pastry bag.) Squeeze batter out onto mat into approximately 11/2- to 2-inch circles. Allow to sit for approximately 25 minutes before baking. (This helps the cookies form a shell and to keep their shape while baking.) Then, bake for about six-to-eight minutes, rotating pan halfway through the baking time. Tops should be firm to the touch when done, but not too dry. Remove from oven and cool. With a sharp, flat spatula, carefully remove cookies from mat, or peel from parchment paper.
Filling
In a small saucepan place cream and chocolate. Heat over low to medium heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted. In the meantime, stir cocoa powder into Kahlua and stir until lumps are gone and it becomes a paste. Add this mixture into the melted chocolate-cream mixture and heat and stir just until integrated. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
Assembly
Place half of the cookies, bottom side up, on a flat work surface. Spread the filling over the side facing up, using a frosting spreader, or another pastry bag, if you prefer, With the second half of the cookies, place another cookie on top of the filling, this time bottom side down, making a sandwich.
You can store in between sheets of waxed paper, in an airtight container for a few days.

 

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